Growth laws in cancer: Implications for radiotherapy

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-356

  Castorina, P ^a   Deisboeck, T S ^b   Gabriele, P ^c   Guiot, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SURVIVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 35348844669     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0787.1     Document Type: Article

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